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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: More on Polycarbonate
The industry has learned a lot about the advantages and disadvantages of polycarbonate during its more than 60-year history, and it would be difficult to imagine a world in which it did not exist.
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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: Polycarbonate
How polycarbonate came about, virtually simultaneously, through the efforts of two industry giants.
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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: PVC & PVDC
How a class of materials based on chlorine chemistry became part of the landscape.
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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: Nylon
The story of nylon, the first true engineering thermoplastic.
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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: Cellophane
How—and when—cellulose-based chemistry led to the discovery of cellophane.
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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: Commodity Resins
How the ‘Big 4’ commodity materials — PE, PP, PS, PVC — came to be.
Read MoreTracing the History of Polymeric Materials: More on Phenolic
Creation of an invention like phenolic can be traced through a long chain of events and contributors. Here’s the full story.
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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: Phenolics
In this installment we discuss the discovery of Bakelite, the first truly synthetic polymer, known today as phenolic.
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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: Celluloid & Film Stock
In this series we delve into a discerning look back into the history of our industry and how we all got here.
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